Kings Of Leon have come a long, long way since their shaggy-haired beginnings. Now with proper haircuts, massive tours and a couple of UK #1 albums under their belts, they're up there with rock royalty. 'Radioactive' is the trailer for their upcoming fifth long player, Come Around Sundown, and the video has already attracted plenty of attention. The deputy ed at the NME claimed that it's like "Michael Jackson's 'Earth Song', a Center Parcs ad and a Comic Relief field report". We can see what he means, but if you can't be a bit daft/messianic in a pop promo, heck, when can you?

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And anyway, what about the song? Well, KoL have become a super-slick arena machine in recent years, and 'Radioactive' sure ain't rocking that boat. It sounds a bit like U2 back when U2 sounded a bit like Echo & The Bunnymen - all slidey bass and clean 'n' twiddly guitar in the verses before the choruses swoop in like a hawk. Caleb chants a deep-sounding-but-empty-feeling refrain ("It's in the water / It's in the story / Of where you came from") before he's naturally joined by a happy-clappy chorus. They then add an extra layer of gloss, though of course it's not like one's needed! A little throwaway on record, perhaps, this will sound suitably mega when they inevitably hit Wembley, Hampden, Cardiff and the rest next summer.